July 27, 28, and 29, 2023 | Westin Bayshore, 1601 Bayshore Drive, Vancouver, BC V6G 2V4.
July 27, 28, and 29, 2023 | Westin Bayshore, 1601 Bayshore Drive, Vancouver, BC V6G 2V4. 2023 UBC Summer Finance Conference at Westin Bayshore, 1601 Bayshore Drive, Vancouver, BC V6G 2V4. Registration Fees: Participant: Prior to June 15 registration: Complimentary (includes all meals and events) After June 15: CAD $150 + tax** (includes all meals
Companies in the financial sector can leverage artificial intelligence to analyze and manage data from multiple sources to provide valuable insights. These innovative results help banks overcome the challenges they face on a daily basis while providing day-to-day services such as loan management or payment processing. Let’s now look at some AI-driven FinTech innovation use
In today’s tough economic climate, it is certain that clients are looking for ways to minimize their costs whenever possible in the face of the increasing cost of living. Banks have a key role to play in supporting consumers and especially the most vulnerable who are struggling to pay for basic necessities like rent, energy
Financial institutions and entrepreneurs have a complicated historical relationship. Entrepreneurs need the means to finance their businesses and stay afloat, which means they rely on banks for everything from business loans to checking accounts. And banks need entrepreneurs too. Without small businesses driving the economy, there’s not many banks can do. This (sometimes reluctant) codependency
PayZen, the fintech company tackling healthcare affordability with personalized, no-cost patient financing solutions, has raised a $220 million growth round to strengthen its leadership position as it pioneers the new category of Affordability Financing. The round is composed of $20 million in equity financing and a $200 million credit facility. The oversubscribed equity component was
Fintech and banks are not always the most comfortable partners, banks see banks as a digital threat to their business. This has created a “fear” among banks that fintechs are willing to beat them at their own game, as they serve customers in a way that banks may not, and fintechs too. tend to be
Authorize payment transactions by simply touching your credit card, securely and quickly. Sella is piloting a credit card with biometric identification that, thanks to a small chip sensor, allows people to make payments with their fingerprints. The rollout of the new card, enabling biometric verification for direct and contactless payments, was led by Sella Personal
Smart money app Plum announces that it ranked no.1 among fintech and no.5 overall in the 2022 Deloitte UK Technology Fast 50, a ranking of the 50 fastest-growing technology companies in the UK. Rankings are based on percentage revenue growth over the last four years. Plum grew 7,735 percent during this period. “We’re delighted to be
Banks and credit unions need to start planning for the difficult economic situation that lies ahead. Due to the greater availability of cash, growing inflation and interest rates, the number of available positions, and pay inflation, this upcoming recession will be very different from the one that occurred in 2008. However, banks and credit unions
Fabrick, an international Open Finance provider, and Reale Group, a leading European insurance group, are delighted to announce a new partnership. This partnership will help optimise insurance premium payments whilst also making Fabrick’s Open Finance platform available to a network of more than 700 Reale Mutua and Italiana Assicurazioni agencies, as well as to Blue
In response to suggestions made in a significant national bereavement report, Starling Bank has moved quickly to make life easier for those who have experienced a loss. The end-of-life admin service Settld and the digital bank have announced a new strategic partnership that will simplify account administration for those managing a deceased customer’s affairs. With
A new cross-border payments solution, Brightwell’s ReadyRemit *, powered by The Bancorp Bank, N.A., and Mastercard’s Cross-Border Services, was just unveiled by Atlanta-based Brightwell, a provider of global payments technology. ReadyRemit provides a user-friendly, cross-border payments solution with compliance capabilities, enabling fintechs, enterprises, and programme administrators to improve revenue and loyalty. When possible, the partnership
